This picture was taken in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on July 1939 by Russell Lee, named "Man drinking at a water cooler in the street car terminal." [Sign: "Reserved for Colored."] The setting of the photo is outdoors with natural lighting most likely in a urban area in the daytime. There is one man drinking he looks to be about 20-25. He is wearing black pin-striped pants with a white shirt that is tucked into the pants and a white belt. What catches my eye is the licence plate that says reserved for colored. The structrues in the photo are signs that say white women colored women and white men and colored men. This terminal looks to be in a good condition but tightly packed into a small area. This photo is heavy and nevative.
This photo shows that segrigation was okay and I belive that segrigation was NEVER okay. People did not deserve to be discriminated against because the color of their skin. And to take it to and extreme two different bathrooms (assuming the sing's meaning).
A question I would ask the photographer, if I didn't get to personaly meet him (ex: over the telephone, or now the internet), would be was he Afican-American or Caucassion. An other question I would ask is did you know the man in the picture.
This picture was taken in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on July 1939 by Russell Lee, named "Man drinking at a water cooler in the street car terminal." [Sign: "Reserved for Colored."] The setting of the photo is outdoors with natural lighting most likely in a urban area in the daytime. There is one man drinking he looks to be about 20-25. He is wearing black pin-striped pants with a white shirt that is tucked into the pants and a white belt. What catches my eye is the licence plate that says reserved for colored. The structrues in the photo are signs that say white women colored women and white men and colored men. This terminal looks to be in a good condition but tightly packed into a small area. This photo is heavy and nevative.
This photo shows that segrigation was okay and I belive that segrigation was NEVER okay. People did not deserve to be discriminated against because the color of their skin. And to take it to and extreme two different bathrooms (assuming the sing's meaning).
A question I would ask the photographer, if I didn't get to personaly meet him (ex: over the telephone, or now the internet), would be was he Afican-American or Caucassion. An other question I would ask is did you know the man in the picture.